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Kiwis Among Final Five in Film Competition

28 Jan 2010

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Two New Zealand film-makers have made it through to the top five in an international film competition organised by Tourism New Zealand.

Academy Award-winning producer Barrie Osborne (The Lord of the Rings) and a panel of judges named the five finalists of the '100% Pure New Zealand Presents Your Big Break' short film competition today.

The five finalists will now travel to Queenstown where they will work with Barrie Osborne to shoot and direct their own short films capturing the essence of the world's youngest country. Post-production will be done at Wellington's world class Park Road Post Production. Academy Award-winning director Sir Peter Jackson will select the overall winning entry.

"This has been an extremely successful project in terms of the number of entries and web traffic and at the end we will also have five excellent short films capturing New Zealand's scenery, people and culture which will be seen around the world," Kevin Bowler said.

The judging panel chose four finalists. The fifth finalist was selected by public vote. All these entries can be viewed on www.your-big-break.com.